Green Eggs and Ham With Ital-Tots and Garlic Cheesy Toast

Categories: Main Dish, Pork, Rachael Ray

Ingredients

• Ital-Tots:
• 1 (32 ounce) bag frozen tater tots, any brand
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon crushed hot red pepper flakes
• Green Sauce:
• 1/2 cup baby spinach or 1/2 cup arugula
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaf
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• 1 small garlic clove, cracked from skin
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons parmigiano-reggiano cheese
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• Eggs and Ham:
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 lb breakfast ham, chopped
• 8 large eggs
• half-and-half (a splash) or milk (a splash)
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• Toast:
• 4 slices crusty Italian bread (thick slices)
• 1 garlic clove, cracked from skin
• butter
• grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese

Directions

1. Make the Ital-tots: preheat the oven to 425°; open tots bag and pour four portions onto a nonstick cookie sheet.
2. Sprinkle the tots with salt and dried seasonings; toss them around a bit to get the herbs to stick to the tots.
3. Bake the tots about 12 minutes or until crisp; remove from oven and turn the broiler on.
4. Make the green sauce: add the sauce ingredients to a food processor; process until sauce forms; set aside and reserve.
5. Prepare the eggs and ham: heat a nonstick skillet over med-high heat; add in olive oil and butter, let the butter melt.

6. Add in the ham and cook 3 minutes or until lightly browned at edges.

7. Beat eggs and half-and-half with salt and pepper; add eggs to skillet and scamble up with the ham to desired doneness; remove from heat.
8. Make the toast:Toast bread under hot broiler 30 seconds on each side; rub with cracked garlic then spread with butter and top with a sprinkle of cheese.
9. Stir green sauce into ham and eggs; serve with Ital-tots and Garlic Cheesy Toast on the side.

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